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What You’ll Do as a Safety Specialist

• Serve as a visible leader, influencing and motivating while modeling Lewis’s Operating Principles.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with Operations to drive positive and continuous safety improvements.
• Participate in morning huddles and deliver safety tailgates/safety moments to job crews.
• Conduct worksite observations to identify potential risks and compliance with company and regulatory requirements; provide feedback to Operations Leadership.
• Provide timely assistance and consistent interpretation of company safety policies/procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Train and coach employees on:
• Working safely with utility line clearance tools (saws, pruners, hanger poles, rigging tools, saddles, harnesses, aerial lifts, etc.).
• Technical skills from fundamentals to advanced (roping and rigging, collision avoidance, climbing techniques).
• Safety-related processes and risks (aerial rescue, electrical safety, First Aid/CPR).
• Investigate and analyze incidents using current methods to facilitate organizational learning and build capacity to fail safely.
• Prepare evaluations and provide summary reports and recommendations for Operations and Safety Leadership.
• Communicate safety program needs with regional leadership.
• Report timely and accurately to Safety and Operations Regional Leadership.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Significant travel is required, providing governance and oversight during field visits with Safety Specialists, Operations Leadership, and field crews. This role will travel within the divisional footprint including Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and southern Pennsylvania.  

What You Bring:

• Associate degree in a related field or equivalent combination of High School diploma/GED with safety/industry-related credentials (CUSP, CTSP, ASP, GSP, ISA Arborist) or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in line clearance or related industry.
• Knowledge of OSHA and ANSI requirements; OSHA 30 Hour or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is required.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety Management, Safety Engineering, or Occupational Health and Safety.
• Minimum 1 year in a safety leadership role.
• Experience in line clearance, ISA Arborist, or related industry.
• Certified Tree Care Safety Professional (CTSP) – required within 1 year of hire.
• Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong ability to lead teams and drive change.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with computers, smartphones, and MS Office Suite.
• Knowledge of vegetation management tools, practices, and procedures.
• Familiarity with OSHA, ANSI, DOT, and tree industry regulations and standards.

Physical Demands

Ability to:

• Write, type, file, and organize.
• Observe and respond to visual and oral instructions/messages.
• Adjust quickly and efficiently from task to task.
• Bend, reach, grasp, and organize materials.
• Communicate clearly in a professional manner.
• Perform in the presence of distractions or work frustrations.
• Maintain regular and timely attendance.
• Participate in employee and professional training events.
• Travel 30–40% of the time, including overnight.

Continuously – Communicating, observing, documenting, traveling.
Frequently – Standing, walking, driving.
Occasionally – Bending, reaching, lifting.
Rarely – Exposure to hazardous materials.

Environmental Conditions:

• Regularly – Field environment with exposure to outdoor elements.
• Occasionally – Office environment, temperature extremes.
• Rarely – Hazardous materials, air quality issues.

PPE required per OSHA and ANSI standards.

Tools & Equipment

Equipment may include:

• Computers, phones, tablets.
• Communication devices.
• Safety and training equipment.
• Utility vegetation management tools.

What We Offer

Non-Union Benefits:

• Competitive pay $64,250 - $72,000
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid training and certifications.
• Health, dental, vision & HSA options.
• 401(k) + match.
• Paid time off and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Únete a una empresa que hace crecer a las personas

En Lewis, no solo podamos árboles, construimos un futuro. Como la segunda empresa más grande de gestión de vegetación para servicios públicos en América del Norte y orgullosamente propiedad de los empleados, creemos que cada persona en nuestro equipo importa. Cuando te unes a Lewis, no solo estás aceptando un trabajo, estás invirtiendo en tu futuro.

Por qué te encantará trabajar aquí

• Disfruta del aire libre mientras trabajas en la naturaleza, ¡no atrapado detrás de un escritorio!
• Impulsa tu carrera con nosotros; priorizamos la capacitación y las promociones internas.
• Únete a un equipo dinámico que defiende la seguridad, valora tu opinión y fomenta un fuerte sentido de camaradería.
• Construye tu futuro con nosotros a través de nuestro fantástico Plan de Propiedad de Acciones para Empleados (ESOP).

Lo que harás como Especialista en Seguridad (Safety Specialist)

• Ser un líder visible que influya, motive y modele los Principios Operativos de Lewis.
• Construir y mantener sólidas alianzas con Operaciones para impulsar mejoras continuas y positivas en seguridad.
• Participar en reuniones matutinas (huddles) y ofrecer charlas de seguridad (“tailgates” o “safety moments”) a los equipos de trabajo.
• Realizar observaciones en los sitios de trabajo para identificar riesgos potenciales y verificar el cumplimiento con los requisitos de la empresa y las normativas; proporcionar retroalimentación al liderazgo de Operaciones.
• Brindar asistencia oportuna e interpretación coherente de las políticas y procedimientos de seguridad de la empresa, así como de los requisitos regulatorios.
• Capacitar y entrenar a los empleados en:
• Trabajo seguro con herramientas de poda y despeje de líneas eléctricas (sierras, podadoras, pértigas, equipos de izado, arneses, plataformas elevadoras, etc.).
• Habilidades técnicas desde los fundamentos hasta niveles avanzados (manejo de cuerdas, izado, prevención de colisiones, técnicas de escalada).
• Procesos y riesgos relacionados con la seguridad (rescate aéreo